SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)

9(1)In section 16(11) (assumption of parental rights by local authority), for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted—

(c)a tutor or curator to the child is appointed under the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 ; or.

(2)In section 18(4) (duration and recission of resolutions under section 16), for the words from " section " to " 1925 " there shall be substituted the words " the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 " and for the word " guardian " there shall be substituted the words " tutor or curator ".

(3)In section 81(2) (decrees for aliment)—

(a)for the words from the beginning to " in force " there shall be substituted the words " Where a decree for aliment of a maintainable child is in force ",

(b)for the word " father " there shall be substituted the words " person liable under the decree ", and

(c)the words " for aliment " where those words second occur shall be omitted.

(4)In section 81(4)(b), for the words " father of a child " there shall be substituted the words " person liable to pay aliment for a child under a decree ", and for the words " the father " where those words second occur there shall be substituted the words " that person ".

(5)In section 88(3) (duty of parents to notify change of address), for the word " father " there shall be substituted the word " person ".

(6)In section 94(1) (interpretation), in the definition of " guardian ", for the words " the guardian " there shall be substituted the words " the tutor, curator or guardian , and for the word " charge " there shall be substituted the words " custody or charge ".